North Fork Virgin River--Staircase run nfvir_corral.jpg

Photo by James Howells
River: North Fork Virgin River, Zion National Park
Segment: Staircase--Corral Falls
Flow: 700? cfs
Date: May 1995
Class: IV+
Paddler: Brian "BigE" Englehorn
Description: Corral Falls is the first major drop in the wild mile of the Staircase run. The approach is creek boating, fairly striaghtforward, although the drop is on a left-hand curve, and missing the left slot here results in a run into a strainer/rock pile that is not a reasonable alternative, with a vicious rock garden below.